Jund al-Aqsa - Ahrar ash-Sham conflict

The Jund al-Aqsa - Ahrar ash-Sham conflict occurred in late 2016, starting when the Islamic State-linked Jund al-Aqsa kidnapped several Ahrar ash-Sham fighters, claiming that Ahrar ash-Sham was responsible for kidnapping its own fighters and interrupting its operations. Ahrar ash-Sham issued a 24-hour ultimatum on 6 October 2016 demanding the release of the kidnapped fighters, but Jund al-Aqsa accused Ahrar ash-Sham of disrupting its Hama Governorate offensive. On 7 October, with the ultimatum unanswered, the two sides began to fight. The Free Syrian Army, Sham Legion, Fatah Halab, Liwa al-Haq, Jaish al-Sunna, and Ahrar al-Sharqiyah announced their support for Ahrar ash-Sham against Jund al-Aqsa. Jund al-Aqsa responded by assassinating Ahrar ash-Sham leaders Abu Osama Jedraya, Abu Abdel Rahman, and Abu Munir al-Daboos, and Ahrar ash-Sham claimed that Jund al-Aqsa supporters were khawarij heretics, making it obligatory for Islamists to fight them. The Free Idlib Army expressed its condolences over the assassination of Abu Munir on 9 October. Ahrar ash-Sham would raid a Jund al-Aqsa base and seize a large amount of stolen goods, and they would demand for Jund al-Aqsa to publicly denounce ISIS.